I have two pictures hanging in my office creatively done by some obscure artist using a mixed media of what else? Butterfly wings.
I acquired these pictures at a sale many years ago. They were not by any well known, or up and coming artist, but they appealed to me.
Brought them home, and wasn't sure where I would hang them, until I discovered that they looked very much at home on my office wall...and they have been there ever since.
Butterfly wing pictures
I know for sure we don't have all the various butterflies represented in the pictures here on the island, so perhaps the artist was an avid collector who traveled abroad?
I also had at one time, a few pictures that had been created with various kinds of leaves, but alas, I gifted them to a friend who exclaimed that she just absolutely LOOOVED them.
I absolutely LOOOVE my butterfly wing pictures, so don't get any ideas girlfriend!!! These pictures are staying with me.
They are rather splendid Virginia. I wonder for how long butterfly wings have been used in art? Centuries I would guess. My Mum had a box from Brazil with a lid covered in iridescent butterfly wings. I think that they must have been treated before being lacquered.
ReplyDeleteYour Mum's box sounds absolutely beautiful. A trinket box with iridescent butterfly wings on the lid would have been treasured I'm sure.
ReplyDeleteMaybe I should have considered making an art piece with the crushed butterflies that I found?
Those pictures are quite special and not too bright. Most of the butterfly wing art I have seen is a bit brash and gaudy.
ReplyDeleteYes, they are quite subdued and they blend with all of the colours that I use throughout my home....sand, taupe, limestone coral, natural and black.
ReplyDeleteI hope the wings were found and not taken from live butterflies. They are beautiful pictures!
ReplyDeleteI believe the butterfly wings were collected from dead butterflies.
ReplyDeleteI myself could have made a few collage pictures with all the butterfly wings I find after a particular windy day.